
Let’s raise a fair-trade toast to National Coffee Day!
Hey, wake up! It's National Coffee Day. So If you love coffee, raise your mug! And if you support fair trade coffee...well, we have a lot to talk about.Whether it's tall, grande, venti, with extra shots, with whip, made by baristas, or filtered through a paper towel...

The new Phil&Ted’s Dot stroller. Not just for city moms.
Confession: I still envy the fancy strollers of my city-dwelling mama counterparts. But raising four kids in the suburbs doesn't present much of a rationale for much more than the bare basics. At least, that's what I thought until I was introduced to the newest...

Baby hats that will make you squee. (We won’t tell, promise.)
It has always been a fight to persuade my children to keep their winter hats on their heads. Even when the sky is dumping snow, I find their hats behind the couch and stuffed in coat pockets--anywhere but on their poor freezing heads. Thankfully, I'm hopeful this...

A brilliant way to get more organized in minutes. Thanks Springpad.
We love finding new ways to help get our lives more organized, and that's exactly what has happened since we shared Springpad, a free website and mobile app, with our Cool Mom Tech audience a few months back. Just take a peek at what our Editor Liz's smart notebooks...

Don’t miss NBC’s smart new season of Up All Night
Sitcoms have to be seriously good to get my attention at the end of the day. The kids are asleep and the house is quiet, so if I'm going to watch some telly instead of calling it a night, then it had better be worth my time...and crack me up. Make me laugh, or I'm...

Psst, look down. Chuck Taylors get tattooed…with Addatoos.
My kids are super jealous of their little classmates who have Crocs covered in Jibbitz. Well, now my sneakered offspring can have a little fun decorating their own shoes, thanks to these cool doodads that we discovered at one of our fave shops, Spoon Sisters. ...

A teacher gift that gives back to teachers? I give it an A+!
I panic whenever it's time for teacher gifts. How many apple mugs does one person need? Does she have food allergies? Will the collection of Starbucks gift cards send him spiraling into caffeine-induced madness?But here's one gift that's beautiful, useful, and gives...

We’re drooling over Winter Water Factory’s upcoming collection
I find myself getting the baby bug after seeing the upcoming spring collection from Winter Water Factory. The colors, patterns and variety of styles are overwhelmingly adorable. They've chosen graphic prints that are super cool, but still feel sweetly innocent--and...

With this dulce de leche, life just got a whole lot sweeter
If you've never tried authentic dulce de leche--an addictive sauce made by slowly cooking milk with sugar--you're in for a serious treat.However if you're already familiar with this caramel-like nectar of the gods, then you're in for a serious surprise. We found...

Want to win $50,000 for your school? You should. Here’s why.
I remember sitting down at my very first PTA meeting, excited for my daughter to enter kindergarten at a wonderful public school, until I heard these words:It looks like we'll have to cancel the dance program this year. I felt the tears well up in my eyes. As a former...